Firefighters in suburban St. Louis gave up on using an ambulance after roads became dangerously icy and instead used a stretcher to walk a patient about a mile to a hospital.KSDK-TV reports that Maryland Heights Firefighter Shaylor Taetz rushed to Interstate 270 with his partner Sunday after a bus spun around on the freeway. Taetz says they’d almost reached the bus when their ambulance slid on the ice and hit a guardrail.But the firefighters got to the bus, and the driver was the only person on board. They put the woman on a stretcher, covered her up to keep the sleet off her, and walked her about a mile to a hospital as traffic went around them. "This is dedication! Icy roads weren’t going to prevent Maryland Heights Fire Protection District from ensuring this person got the care he needed. Please share this post to thank these selfless heroes," the caption of the now-viral image reads. "We also had to deal with other people trying to drive around us and traffic going around us," Taetz said. The woman’s injuries weren’t serious. "The stretcher definitely lost traction. It wasn't willing to work with us as much as possible," he said. "We did cover her up because it was sleeting or icing and we made sure that none of that was hitting her in the face."

BRIDGETON, Mo. —

Firefighters in suburban St. Louis gave up on using an ambulance after roads became dangerously icy and instead used a stretcher to walk a patient about a mile to a hospital.

KSDK-TV reports that Maryland Heights Firefighter Shaylor Taetz rushed to Interstate 270 with his partner Sunday after a bus spun around on the freeway. Taetz says they’d almost reached the bus when their ambulance slid on the ice and hit a guardrail.

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But the firefighters got to the bus, and the driver was the only person on board. They put the woman on a stretcher, covered her up to keep the sleet off her, and walked her about a mile to a hospital as traffic went around them.

"This is dedication! Icy roads weren’t going to prevent Maryland Heights Fire Protection District from ensuring this person got the care he needed. Please share this post to thank these selfless heroes," the caption of the now-viral image reads.

"We also had to deal with other people trying to drive around us and traffic going around us," Taetz said.

The woman’s injuries weren’t serious.

"The stretcher definitely lost traction. It wasn't willing to work with us as much as possible," he said. "We did cover her up because it was sleeting or icing and we made sure that none of that was hitting her in the face."